Usernames :
AEDSEL00598, HAYCOU62378 and, DASVIR
Canadian Non-Govermental Organizations

• Definition of NGO
• A non-governmental organization (NGO) is any non-profit, voluntary citizens' group which is organized on a local, national or international level.www.ngo.org/ngoinfo/define.html

• List of Atlantic Canadian NGO’s

• Red cross
• Salvation army
• Sexual Assault Crisis Centre
• canadian blood services
• Canadian mental health assocation
• Food Bank

• Name of your NGO

• Red Cross

• Mission of NGO

• The Canadian Red Cross helps vulnerable communities in Canada affected by emergencies and disaster – from situations ranging from individual house fires, power outages and floods to wildfires and hurricanes, which disrupt entire regions.

• History of NGO

• While Ryerson was inspired during Louis Riel's North West Rebellion in a way that would foretell the Canadian Red Cross' development in the country, it wasn't until 1896 that he officially founded the Canadian Red Cross, which was the first overseas branch of the British Red Cross to become established.www.redcross.ca/about-us/red-cross-stories/2013/history-of-the-canadian-red-cross

• Overview (Details: who, what, when, how, why)

• The Birth of an Idea. The Red Cross idea was born in 1859, when Henry Dunant, a young Swiss man, came upon the scene of a bloody battle in Solferino, Italy, between the armies of imperial Austria and the Franco-Sardinian alliance.www.ifrc.org/en/who-we-are/history/
  
  

• Reason of choosing NGO
• Because they help people and because it was easist to remeber.